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Webster 1913 Edition
Suite
1.
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; , 5.
as, the
. See suite
of an ambassadorSuit
, Noun.
2.
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; , 6.
as, a
. See suite
of rooms; a suite
of mineralsSuit
, Noun.
Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king’s table, and lighted his majesty through a
suite
of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. Boswell.
3.
(Mus.)
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.